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- Primary market Where new securities are created and sold for the first time, with the cash going to the issuer, as in an IPO or a new bond sale.
- Rights offering A sale of new shares offered first to existing shareholders, who receive rights to buy at a discount in proportion to their holdings.
- Secondary market Where investors buy and sell existing securities among themselves, such as on stock exchanges, with no money going to the issuer.
- Secondary offering A sale of shares after a company’s IPO, either newly issued stock that dilutes holders or existing stock sold by large shareholders.
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